Archive for April 27, 2022

Pope Francis’ general audience in St. Peter’s Square, April 27, 2022?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Pope Francis wants Catholics to rediscover this book of the Bible

The pope praised the book’s ‘valuable teaching on the alliance of the generations.’ Read more

Bishop Mark O’Toole of Plymouth, England.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Pope Francis names new archbishop to lead 2 Catholic dioceses in Wales

Bishop Mark O’Toole will oversee the Archdiocese of Cardiff and Diocese of Menevia. Read more

Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo (1934-2022).?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Spanish Cardinal Carlos Amigo dies at age 87 after lung surgery

He was an advocate for dialogue between Christians, Muslims, and Jews. Read more

Pope Francis’ general audience in St. Peter’s Square, April 27, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Pope Francis tells general audience pilgrims his knee is ‘still not healing’

The 85-year-old pope canceled his engagements the day before the audience due to knee pain. Read more

Pope Francis meets with Patriarch Kirill in Havana, Cuba on Feb. 12, 2016.?w=200&h=150

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill: Who could host their 2nd summit?

A meeting is off for now, but where could the two men eventually meet? Read more

Pregnancy Test.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

Federal court orders cases brought against Texas pro-life law dismissed

A federal court on Tuesday ordered a lower court to dismiss all legal challenges brought against the enforcement mechanism of... Read more

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St. Benedict Church in Baltimore, Maryland (left) and St. Benedict Church in Richmond, Virginia.

‘Reverently awe-inspiring’: The story behind twin Catholic parishes in Virginia, Maryland

The interior of the Milk Grotto in Bethlehem. In the background, the most well-known depiction of Our Lady of the Milk. According to a Christian tradition dating back to the sixth century, the Virgin Mary was nursing the baby Jesus here, and when, in haste to flee to Egypt, she took him off her breast, a drop of milk fell to the ground, turning the stone completely white.

Bethlehem’s ‘Milk Grotto’: A pilgrimage site of hope for families seeking miracles

Lee Edwares received the VOC Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom, at the opening of the Victims of Communism Museum, June 2022. This medal is the highest honor from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, which he co-founded in 1994.

Lee Edwards, Catholic historian of American conservatism, dies at 92   

Pope Francis greets artists and participants of the 2024 Vatican Christmas Concert in the Clementine Hall on Dec. 14, 2024.

Pope Francis calls on Vatican Christmas Concert artists to promote peace, reconciliation

Jack Traynor (next to child on first row) as a pilgrim to Lourdes in 1925, two years after his healing.

The healing of a Royal Navy sailor at Lourdes

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Christmas 2024: Catholic gifts for anyone on your shopping list

Detail of a 1964 West German postage stamp showing Father Alfred Delp.

The Nazi resister who had one of the most profound Advents ever

A pro-abortion activist displays abortion pills as she counter-protests during a pro-life rally on March 25, 2023, in New York City.

Trump commits to keeping abortion pill available

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Superior, which has programs for the disabled, elderly, and impoverished, argued caring for those in need is part of its religious mission.

Supreme Court to hear Catholic Charities case on whether serving the poor is religious act

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Cardinal Cupich asks Catholics ‘to receive holy Communion standing’ in Chicago Archdiocese

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